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G. A. WOEBER.

l Carnage-Bow Irons. No, 69,885. I Patented Oct. 15, 1867.

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@eine fates `straat @fitta G-ALLIUS WOEBER AND AMANDUSWOEBER, 0F DAVENPORT, IOWA. Leens man No. 00,885, (zum 00am 15, 18e?.

IMPROVEMENT IN GARRIAGE AND BUGGY-TOP BOW-IRONS.

TO ALLvWIIOM IT MYCONCERN:

Be it known 4that-wc,tira-Lens Wennen and AMANDUS Wennen, of the city of Davenport, in the county et' Scott, and State of Iowa', have invented aV ncwnnduseful Inlproycment in Buggy and Carriage-Top Bow-Irons; and we do'l hereby declare Athat the following is a full, clear, and exact description et' the construction and operation of the same, refcrenep being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in

' which- Fig'refihrepcscnts an outside view of sockets'and hinge with bowsattached.

Figure '2 an inside View of same, showing bow-irons as attached to bows.

3 a vicwfin detail of socket, bowuiron, pivot and bow, as attached, with inside plate of hinge removed. Figure 4, a verticalscction of bow-iron, bow-socket, end hingc, 'as indicated by the line :z: y in tig. 3. Like-letters in the different figures ofthe drawings indicate like parts.

invention consists, first, in providing sockets for receiving and securely fastening the ends of the bows of buggyand'carriage-tops; second, in providing and constructing flanges on the sockets or bow-irons, for strengthening and stcadyingA the bows; third, in constructing the hinges or fasteners of the bow-irons of two plates, one oi' which is provided with pivots for holding the bow-irons, and the other plate attached and fastened with screws. K

To venable others skilled in theart to make and use our invention, we will proceed to describe its construetion and operation.' v y A is the outside plate ot' the hinge, constructed with pivots a a a a on inside of the plate, as shown in figs. 3 and 4. D is the inside plate, attached te outside plate by means of the screws b Z1 l; the pivotsg a a a being provided with holes and screw-threads to receive and hold these. screws. C C C C are sockets, with flanges c c c e. D D D D are thc bow-irons, constructed with' holes at lower ends for receiving the pivots a a a a, (see fig. 3,) and attached to the bows by the screws d d d (Z, and ,extend through the socket on the inside of the bows, as clearly shown is figs. 3 and -L In fastening the bows 'to the irons, as heretofore constructed, screws were required near the ends ofthe bows, and screw-holes through the irons, near the lower ends thereof, which weakcned the irons where there is the greatest strain and where the greatest strength is required, and if the ends ot' the bows were neatlyinished, there was not suilieent substance for the screws, and hence the ends ofthe bows were liable to split in putting in the screws or by the strain in use. Both of these dihcilltics are-avoided by our plan of using the sockets. The ends of `the bows being made the proper shape and size, are tted neatly and tightly in the sockets along with the bow-irons, which extend through thc sockets, and are fastened by the screws c c e e through thegsoekets, which hold the ends of the bowsitirmly and prevent the liability of splitting, and avoid the necessity of screw-holes in the lower ends of the irons. The flanges c c c c are for the purpose of steadying and strengtheningthe bows. The pivots z z l u, constructed on plate A, may be of sufficient size to insure all required strength and durability, and being constructed en the inside et' the plate, the face thereof presents a'ncatcr appearance, and our plan of securing the inside'plate by means of screws alords greater facilitics for attaching and dctaching the bow-irons, while the use of the sockets ai'erds a ncater finish and greater strength and durability than .the previous plan. f

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Providing sockets for receiving and fastening the ends ofthe bows of bugg and carriage-tops, substan` tially in the manner and for thc purposes as herein described.

2. The construction and arrangement of llangcs on the sockets, substantially in the manner and for the purpose as herein described. y

3. The hinges, as constructed, with plate A, having pivots a a a a, with holes in the pivots for screws, and plate D, attached by screws, substantially in the manner and for the purposes as herein described.

4. The sockets with ilangcs, and the hinges with pivots, as constructed and arranged, in combination with the bows and bow-irons, substantially in the lnanncr :ind for thepurp'oses as herein described.

GALLUS WOEBER,

AMANDUS WOEBER.

Witnesses:

`MonITz GoLDrnIEnnien, T. M. SMILEY. 

